The second volume of the comic book series, Coda, brings even more details about the world depicted. Read the review of the fantasy comic.
The first volume of the Simon Spurrier series was perhaps not outstanding, but it certainly could have aroused interest. The originally conceived fantasy world after the apocalypse, as a result of which magic began to disappear, became the setting for the story of the hero who wants to regain his wife. And she will stop at nothing to achieve it. However, the finale of the volume showed that he deceived not only other characters but also the reader.
And here begins the plot of the second volume. Beloved Huma is with him, but it's not a happy love story. The hero is still waging a war for his wife's soul; or at least she thinks so, since she herself seems to have a slightly different view of the matter. Next up is what we've already seen in the first volume of Cody: combos, cheats, nosebringing. And it is quite a successful mix.
Cody's greatest strength seems to be the depicted world. Spurrier creates it without going into too much detail, leaving much underestimated, but the result is intriguing. The fantasy realities in which magic has disappeared are a kind of post-apocalyptic atmosphere. The creatures inhabiting the world of Cody fight for bits of remaining magic, they use every opportunity to get it. It is a world of strange creatures, besieged cities, madness and absurdity.
Compared to the reality, Cody's plot itself is simple, not to say ordinary. We have themes and solutions popular in fantasy here, although Spurrier tries to powder them a little or show them in a curved mirror. Characters help in this: not very detailed, but expressive and with character.
As in the first volume, the graphic side also stands out here. Matias Bergara does not try to make complicated drawings, but with simple means, with the addition of rich colors, he paints a strange, fantastic and crazy world.
In the second volume of Cody, the story solidified, the world became clearer and the characters more colorful. The result is a successful album, better than the "one". This is primarily for those who like fantasy, but at the same time look for at least a slight change from the usual patterns, especially in the realities, not necessarily the plot itself.